Decapper for bottles



April 29, 1930. c. c. CROSBY DECAPPER FOR BOTTLES F iled May 20. 1929 Patented Apr. 29, 1930 UNITED STATES FFICE CLEMONS C. CROSBY,

F IBELMOND, IOWA DEGAPPER FOR BOTTLES Application filed May 20, 1929.

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It is within the province ofthe disclosure to improve generally and to enhance the utility of devices of that sort to which the invention appertains.

WVith the above and other objects in view, which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed may be I made, within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings:--

Figure 1 shows in side elevation, a device constructed in accordance with the invention;

Figure 2 is a vertical section wherein parts are in elevation;

Figure 3 is a bottom plan, the standard be- The device forming the subject matter of this application preferably is made of metal throughout. It includes a standard 1 and a head 2 threaded on the upper end of the standard 1. The head 2 is provided in its lower end with a recess 8 defining a circumferentially-continuous flange 4. The cap'6 of a bottle 7 may be engaged with the flange 4., the

- flange forming a shoulder, as shown at 5 in Figure 2, the lower portion of the cap 6 resting against the standard 1, as shown in Figure 2. If the bottle 7 is swung downwardly from the position of Figure 2, the shoulder 5 will remove the cap 6 in a way which will be understood readily when Figure 2 of the drawings is noted. 7

Because the flange 4 is circumferentiallycontinuous, a bottle cap may be removed at a point anywhere around the standard 1. It is possible for several persons to stand around the device and remove caps, one article, thus, serving for the accommodation of several persons who are removing bottle caps at the same time. The lower end of the standard Serial No. 364,560.

1 is anchored or secured in any preferred Way. A lock nut 8 is threaded on the standard 1 and is housed within the recess 8, the

lock nut engaging the head 2, within the 'recess 3, to prevent the head 2 from rotating, and to hold the head on the standard 1.

The construction of the device is such that it may be placed on the gear shift lever of an automobile, the head 2 becoming a handle whereby the gear shift lever is operated. Under such circumstances, a person sitting in the automobile has a convenient but inconspicuous means at hand whereby a cap can be removed from a bottle.

What is claimed is:

1. A bottle opener comprising a standard, a head on the upper end of the standard, the head being provided in its lower end with a recess defining a circumferentially continuous flange constituting a shoulder which, 00- operating with the standard, forms a means whereby a bottle cap may be removed at a point anywhere around the standard and the head and means for securing the lower end of the standard, thereby to maintain the standard anchoredin an approximately vertical position.

2. A bottle opener comprising a standard, I

a head threaded on the upper end of the standard, the head being provided in its lower end with a recess defining a circumferentially continuous flange constituting a shoulder which, cooperating with the standard, forms a means whereby a bottle cap may be removed at a point anywhere. around the standard and the head, and a lock nut threaded on the standard and engaging the head within the recess.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aflixed my signature.

CLEMONS G. CROSBY. 

